By Esther Choi Published by Prestel on 1st October 2019 Home-cooking meets highbrow art in this one-of-a-kind cookbook that uses food to create edible interpretations of modern and contemporary sculptures, paintings, architecture, and design. The nearest I have ever come to a book like the one i am about to review, is the 1987 Artists… Continue reading Le Corbuffet: Edible Art and Design Classics.
Just a glimpse into this gorgeous book will affirm Lucy Haywood’s love of all things vintage, a love that was inherited from her parents. They spent all their free time at antiques fairs and so she grew up in a home filled with old furniture. Her first flat was adorned with antique finds and… Continue reading Want to create a Country Brocante look? Then this is the book for you.
by Juliet Bawden and photographed by Caroline Arber This book review first appeared on the Sewing Directory web site and was written by Fiona Pullen This innovative up-cycling book makes use of a material we all have around us – Men’s shirts. Those of us with men in the house will undoubtedly have, no longer,… Continue reading With Oxfam encouraging us to buy second hand and to recycle this month, I am posting a review of the book I wrote in 2011. The Shirt Off His Back. A book full of ideas to re-love and upcycle old shirts.
A new blaze of colour in yet another new book this summer from Kaffe Fassett. I do so love this man's eye for colour, and this book doesn't disappoint. Folded Ribbon 20 Designs for Patchwork and Quilting Kaffe Fassett “ This book is really another homage to the long, rich history of the folk art… Continue reading Kaffe Fassett’s Quilts in the Cotswolds
Decorating interiors with pastel shades by Selina Lake published by RPS £19.99 I have read and reviewed quite a few Selina Lake’s books, and I admit I love them. They all have one thing in common they are fantastically styled and beautifully shot. I picked this book up in a thrift shop, and like her… Continue reading Pretty Pastel Style
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